Category: 2002

Download MP3 Colombian State of Emergency  (3:51) Colombia’s new President, Alvaro Uribe, has declared a state of emergency in Colombia in an attempt, his administration says, to quell the violence of both the left wing...

Download MP3 British MP Says Britain Won’t Join an Attack on Iraq  (4:18) A top US military chief today said that resuming weapons inspections in Iraq would be ineffective because its most feared arsenal could...

Download MP3 Interview with U.S. Activist in Palestinian Refugee Camp  (3:39) Yasser Arafat today gave approval for an Israeli proposal that it would begin pulling its troops out of Palestinian areas in return for a...

Download MP3 Colombian President Inaugurated  (4:35) Today, in Bogotá, independent right-wing Alvaro Uribe was inaugurated President of Colombia. His predecessor, Andres Pastrana started his term by initiating peace talks with the guerrillas and conceding a...

Download MP3 European Leaders Hesitant About War on Iraq  (4:05) General Tommy Franks, who oversaw the war in Afghanistan and is the general who would command an invasion of Iraq yesterday presented President Bush and...

Download MP3 Victims in Nablus  (3:50) The United Nations General Assembly is today holding the 10th Emergency Special Assembly on the Illegal Israeli Actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It is a closed session with...

Download MP3 Iraq Invites Weapons Inspectors to Return  (3:15) Iraqi president Saddam Hussein today announced that he will allow UN weapons inspectors to enter Iraq. While it appears that the Iraqi leader is reacting to...

Download MP3 Iraq Hearings, Day Two  (3:55) In the second day of Capitol Hill hearings on Iraq, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony on what the US role would be “the day after” a...

Download MP3 Senate Hearings on Iraq Attack In the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, senators heard that it would be more effective–and less costly–if the US were to attack Iraq sooner rather than later.  But...

Download MP3 Corporate Accountability Law on the Books  (3:55) In a ceremony involving members of congress, the Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the new so called financial crimes “swat team,” President Bush...